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 Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:22 am
punkinside Because you would automatically try to save yourself and try to get out of that situation...to stay alive....but if you knew you had a deadly illness and that you are dying...u wouldn't be that scared... exclaim Hell if I wouldn't. The difference is, chances are that I'd come to accept it, one time or another, because I'd know when I was going to die. What makes death even more terrifying is that you don't know when it's gonna hit you -- hell, could even be right now, for all I know. What if a stray bullet came in through the window right into your head? I bet you probably would want to do a lot of things before dying -- saying something to someone, accomplishing something, whatever. But you can't. You're dead. But if you think that's okay, beautiful and natural, happy long journey to you.
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:57 pm
MightyHikaru WhiteWarrior What's the point of being afraid of something you know will happen? If you're being held at gunpoint and the guy says, "I'm going to rape you now", I think you'd be scared, eventhough you know what's going to happen -- I know I would. Well if he is going to rape me, I am still not dead. (Even though I wouldn't want to be raped) And I would try my best to get out of it. {Why can't girls be the one that rape people...lol anyways.}
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:59 pm
WhiteWarrior Well if he is going to rape me, I am still not dead. (Even though I wouldn't want to be raped) And I would try my best to get out of it. {Why can't girls be the one that rape people...lol anyways.} It was a comparison. You said "what's the point of being afraid of something you know it's gonna happen?", so I gave an example where someone would be afraid of something bad, eventhough they know what's coming.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:44 pm
MightyHikaru punkinside Because you would automatically try to save yourself and try to get out of that situation...to stay alive....but if you knew you had a deadly illness and that you are dying...u wouldn't be that scared... exclaim Hell if I wouldn't. The difference is, chances are that I'd come to accept it, one time or another, because I'd know when I was going to die. What makes death even more terrifying is that you don't know when it's gonna hit you -- hell, could even be right now, for all I know. What if a stray bullet came in through the window right into your head? I bet you probably would want to do a lot of things before dying -- saying something to someone, accomplishing something, whatever. But you can't. You're dead. But if you think that's okay, beautiful and natural, happy long journey to you. Indeed. It's the fact that you never know when death is coming and what it's going to be like when it does that makes it terrifying. I've often thought about that... the fact that, for all I know, this might be the last day I'll be alive... and I think about all of the things that I should have done while I had the chance. When this mood strikes me, I tend to go and do some of the things I was afraid to do, but now I'm getting a bit off-topic, now aren't I? Then, there's also the fact that death is inevitable that almost forces one to accept it, though I understand that not all people do. 'tis a very complicated idea that involves very mixed thoughts/emotions. Fear and acceptance at the same time.
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:11 pm
I admit, I'm a little bit afraid to die. I know I shouldn't be, because it's inevitable, but as some of you stated before, there's no way to know how or when it's going to happen, or how painful it's going to be. And at the moment, there are a lot of things I still want to do with my life -- death would take those opportunities away from me.
But as for fearing what lies on the other side of death -- no, I don't fear that. It will just be unconsciousness, nonexistence, a very long dreamless sleep. That's how I see it, anyway. Trying to imagine death is kind of like trying to imagine what it was like before you were born -- I have no idea, I couldn't tell you if it was bad or good, and what does it matter, anyway? All those millenia of nonexistence sure flew by. Am I making sense? Probably not.
x_x <--we need a death emoticon xd
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:28 pm
I can't say I'm afraid of death, per se, I'm afraid of not living. That's probably a bit paradoxical, but if religions can pull it off so can I.
Death in itself doesn't frighten me because I view it as an eternal exaggerated sleep--memory, thought, etc. just stops so its not like you really acknowledge existance anyway. Your body will rot away in the ground and it doesn't matter because the self has ceased to exist.
I love being alive, and if the survival part of your brain is working correctly, you probably do, too. I love learning new things, going to new, exciting places, and exploring my own and others' imagination. If I try to imagine a world where I can no longer do any of the things I enjoy--If everything suddenly stops, I break down and cry. ( gonk ) If I had the oppurtunity to grab immortality (youth and good health are a given), than I'd take it.
I also freak out about the dying part. I really do not like pain--even watching other people get shots makes me teary-eyed and nauseous. Besides, alot of the ways people die are rather undignified, slow, or painful; none of which greatly appeal to me.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:08 pm
Dead is something that we should not fear, 'cose when we are, dead is not and when dead is we are not. idea
I think thats right, so I'm not afraid of the nothing, of not being, is the end, and thats all and thats a relieve
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:38 pm
Really simple reason for me. I don't intend to die. At whatever price, I shall have my immortalityu, I don't care if billions must die to fund the research necessary for me to get it twisted
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:49 pm
I'd like to live on until I'm ready to die, but that's not how the world works and I accept that.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:21 am
[Lucas] People (religious, that is) want to believe they are going somewhere after death - that they are not just going to rot in the ground. So they worship in an effort to grant them entrance to heaven, to come back as a higher life form, anything - just something after death, because they are afraid of what will actually happen when they do finally die. So, it seems to me that fear of death is a basis for a person's choice to practice religion (in many cases- I'm not going so far as to say that the only reason practice religion is because of this). So, basically, I figure that a major part of being agnostic/atheist is not working towards a life after death, because of the lack of fear of death. So, why are you unafraid of dying? [Hard to put into words precisely these thoughts. Hope I communicated them clearly.] I prefer death. I would like to die now. What do you mean christians are afraid of death. Even if I just rot I prefer death to life because of evil people like you.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:24 am
ThePriest77 [Lucas] People (religious, that is) want to believe they are going somewhere after death - that they are not just going to rot in the ground. So they worship in an effort to grant them entrance to heaven, to come back as a higher life form, anything - just something after death, because they are afraid of what will actually happen when they do finally die. So, it seems to me that fear of death is a basis for a person's choice to practice religion (in many cases- I'm not going so far as to say that the only reason practice religion is because of this). So, basically, I figure that a major part of being agnostic/atheist is not working towards a life after death, because of the lack of fear of death. So, why are you unafraid of dying? [Hard to put into words precisely these thoughts. Hope I communicated them clearly.] I prefer death. I would like to die now. What do you mean christians are afraid of death. Even if I just rot I prefer death to life because of evil people like you. An Atheist I'd like to live on until I'm ready to die, but that's not how the world works and I accept that. That is exactly why christians are better at combat atheists don't like death... LOL You guys brag about how tough you are.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:29 am
ThePriest77 ThePriest77 [Lucas] People (religious, that is) want to believe they are going somewhere after death - that they are not just going to rot in the ground. So they worship in an effort to grant them entrance to heaven, to come back as a higher life form, anything - just something after death, because they are afraid of what will actually happen when they do finally die. So, it seems to me that fear of death is a basis for a person's choice to practice religion (in many cases- I'm not going so far as to say that the only reason practice religion is because of this). So, basically, I figure that a major part of being agnostic/atheist is not working towards a life after death, because of the lack of fear of death. So, why are you unafraid of dying? [Hard to put into words precisely these thoughts. Hope I communicated them clearly.] I prefer death. I would like to die now. What do you mean christians are afraid of death. Even if I just rot I prefer death to life because of evil people like you. An Atheist I'd like to live on until I'm ready to die, but that's not how the world works and I accept that. That is exactly why christians are better at combat atheists don't like death... LOL You guys brag about how tough you are. "Atheists don't like death". Dude, most people don't. That's why they believe in an afterlife. neutral You confuse me.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:14 am
*shrugs* I don't believe in an afterlife, hence I'm an atheist. However, I think that for that reason I'm more comfortable with death than most Christians. Christians use hell as a deterant to join their religion, but it backfires somewhat and they tend to question their place in the afterlife. I know that I'm going to just die and that's it and I'm fine with that. I would just rather live a long life first.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:14 am
I see alot people saying their not afraid to die.
I am. Very much so.
I think the fact that I don't have cushy ideals about an afterlife make it so I'm more afraid of Death. I am afraid of the nothingness. How a soul, a person, can be so vibrant and then nothing. gone.
But seeing as I've never been dead, I'm not about to claim to know what happens when we do.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:31 pm
I take comfort in knowing nothing about what will happen after death.
In life you think about life, you can think about death when you're dead.
I would hate to be immortal- everyone you ever loved and cared about die, and you have to keep living, alone...
Humans are generally afraid of the unknown, but the way I see it is that if you don't know what's gonig to happen to you, then you don't have to worry about it.
If that makes sense...
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